The Grudge

I'm a major horror movie sucker, even though i get freaked easily. My virgin brush with Japanese horror is the Grudge (albeit the American remake) and you can say that i got all the bad luck in the world to get thrown into one of the scarier movies on my first encounter!

According to pal Shaun, who went with me (my uncle gave me a pair of tickets which are going to expire), the American remake is almost a carbon copy of the original Japanese one. So he spent the whole movie with his hands around the drink he bought, waiting for the scary bits so that he can grab me around my neck with clammy palms! Hey, it's actually pretty freaky, so try that on your pals the next horror movie you go to.

Plot of the Grudge: Japanese chick loves her professor, writes in her diary, diary found by her hubby, hubby kills her and their son and their kitty. Mental note: never leave your diaries or blogs lying around. Since they died grisly deaths, they (the chick, boy and kitty) comes back to haunt whoever steps into their house. Insert American family, catatonic old woman, stripped-of-Buffy-powers Sarah Michelle Gellar, loads of black hair and spooky noises, and you've got the perfect horror show! There's something strangely scary about horror shows when they involve bathrooms and black hair. And death rattles.

Oh, and unlike most ghost movies, you actually learn something by the end of the show. Never, ever hop under the blankets even if you feel scared. Because something might be waiting underneath for you. Good night!